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come along way

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  1. : to rise to a much higher level of success : to become very successful. He’s come a long way from his days as a young reporter.

to make a great amount of progress
- Medicine has come a long way in recent years.

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jiggly

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/ˈdʒɪɡ.əl.i/
moving from side to side or up and down with quick short movements, or able to do this:
- People are always complaining about that jiggly stuff around their middle known as belly fat.
- The cheesecake may still be jiggly, like jelly.
- her arm was very jiggly

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slouching

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/slaʊtʃ/
to stand, sit, or walk with the shoulders hanging forward and the head bent slightly over so that you look tired and bored:
- Straighten your back - try not to slouch.
- A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines.

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cocky

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/ˈkɑː.ki/
convencido
very confident, usually in a way that is slightly annoying:
- Let’s not get too cocky—things could still go wrong.

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shelter

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/ˈʃel.t̬ɚ/
(a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack
abrigo
- an air-raid shelter
They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city’s homeless.

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